Human Origins: The Early Migration Flashcards
Neanderthal
early hominid from Eurasia
Java Man
early hominid from Java
Lucy
famous fossil, more than 3 million years old
Australopithecus Africanus
class of early hominids
Homo erectus
advanced version of hominid with larger brain
Homo sapiens
modern humans
homo floresiensis
unique species of hominids from the island of Flores in Asia, only 3 feet tall
bipedalism
walking upright on two feet
hunter gatherer society
main social organization and subsistence strategy fo more than 95% of human history
Dreamtime
collection of stories and ceremonies in Australia telling the early beginning of occupation during prehistory
Clovis culture
prehistoric culture of North America
Venus of Willendorf
famous prehistoric female figurine
Otzi the Iceman
famous fossil of a prehistoric man found in the European Alps in the 1990s, fully dressed and with all his tools including a bronze axe